"Still refusing to speak? Or perhaps you don't even know what's hidden inside that seal yourself. It doesn't matter. Now that the machine has shattered the 'shell' of your soul, I'll personally lead you through what comes next."
When he finished speaking, Huo Yuhao sat down cross-legged. The faint golden slit between his brows slowly opened.
Not long ago, after countless sweet promises, the Emperor Auspicious Beast had willingly become his Soul Spirit. In this world, he had also obtained the Eye of Destiny.
At that moment, the Eye of Destiny, along with his Body Martial Soul after its Golden Awakening, radiated an overwhelming pressure.
"Elder Yi, help me protect that wisp of true spirit," he silently said within the Sky Screen.
A hazy gray stream of energy quietly circled above the core of his soul. It was the power of Holy Necromancer Electrolux, who had recovered somewhat.
In this world, not only had Electrolux not dissipated, he had nearly recovered his Divine Sense in full. His condition had never been better.
The next second, Huo Yuhao's soul transformed into a nearly solid streak of white light. Amid the girl's shrill screams, he barreled into her Sea of Consciousness!
Boom!
The instant Huo Yuhao entered the girl's Sea of Consciousness, the entire space shook violently.
The Sea of Consciousness, which should have been rippling with light, was now flooded with blinding golden radiance. At its very core stood a massive Golden Trident Rune, radiating an authority so sublime that it seemed impossible to approach or defile.
This was no seal a human could possess.
It was the power of a god.
"Sea God Tang San... So it really was you."
Huo Yuyao's golden soul let out a cold laugh. "You really did leave a trump card in your 'tool.' But if I'm not mistaken, this woman must also share your bloodline, right?"
At that moment, the enormous Trident Rune spoke in a voice full of authority:
"Young man, you have no sense of reverence. For the sake of your talent, I can give you one more chance. Leave her Sea of Consciousness at once, and never violate her again. I left this seal to protect my daughter. Now, I can also give you a chance to become her guardian and atone for your past sins..."
"Protect her? Hahahahaha..."
To everyone's surprise, Huo Yuhao's soul burst into wild laughter, his voice brimming with malice.
"Sea God Tang San, you have a hide thicker than anyone under heaven."
"Is this protection? It's plainly surveillance—a shackle welded into someone else's soul to keep your 'personal goods' locked away! But I never imagined you'd treat even your own daughter as such a cruelly used tool..."
"Now, even if the one behind the Holy Spirit Cult turns out to be you, I won't be surprised in the least. Hahaha..."
Outside the Sky Screen, countless people stared in utter horror. Many trembled. The people of Shrek City were even more stunned, unable to believe what they were seeing.
"Th-this... The seal really does contain Sea God's Divine Sense!"
"Even through the Sky Screen, I can feel the urge to fall to my knees. But has Huo Yuhao gone mad? He's trying to use a mortal soul to crash into a God King's seal?"
"Sea God Tang San, what is he trying to do? To control a powerful successor, he's willing to sacrifice even his own daughter. Is an Evil God like that really worthy of our worship?"
Amid the crowd's cries, Huo Yuhao moved within the Sky Screen.
He used no flashy techniques. His soul simply ignited with the frigid flames of Ultimate Ice, becoming like a Level 10 Fixed Soul Guidance Shell on the verge of exploding as he slammed into the Golden Rune!
Bang—!
A thunderous crash split heaven and earth.
At the instant of impact, Huo Yuhao's soul was like porcelain crashing into Mount Tai. It shattered into countless tiny, crystalline fragments.
"D-dead?" Yan Shaozhe cried out from inside Shrek Academy.
Yet in the next second, the Eye of Destiny between the brows of Huo Yuhao's physical body in the laboratory suddenly erupted with golden light unlike anything it had ever released before.
That was the power of destiny, the blurred boundary between life and death.
The fragments of soul scattered through the girl's Sea of Consciousness were drawn by the Eye of Destiny. Then the Pagoda in the hands of Holy Necromancer rose, releasing a wondrous gray light. Together, they forcibly reversed cause and effect, and the fragments gathered again in an instant.
Huo Yuhao's face was as pale as paper, and blood streamed from his eyes, ears, nose, and mouth. But he opened his eyes, the corner of his mouth curling into a mad smile.
"Again!"
The second collision! His soul shattered again, then rose again!
The third time! The tenth! The fiftieth!
With each collision, the Golden Rune trembled a little more. And Huo Yuhao endured the ultimate agony of having his soul hacked apart by a thousand blades, crushed to pieces, and reassembled!
The onlookers outside the Sky Screen were completely dumbstruck.
"Madman... He's a complete and utter madman!"
"He's killing himself! He's using the second awakening of his spiritual Body Martial Soul to exploit a life-and-death loophole, grinding away at a god's power with his life!"
Within the Body Sect, more than one elder trembled, terrified by Huo Yuhao's choice.
Yet at the same time, a glimmer of hope stirred in their hearts. Could such madness, such a feat, truly have even the slightest chance of success?
This was... challenging a god!
Dai Hao watched from his military tent, trembling all over. The wine cup in his hand had long since fallen to the ground.
Was this really the child who had once been bullied by anyone and everyone in the estate? His monstrous resilience, his resolve to be ruthless even to himself—these chilled even a battle-hardened general like Dai Hao to the bone.
After an unknown number of cycles of shattering and reassembly,
when Huo Yuhao's soul gathered once more, his form was no longer pure white. A faint radiance, much like divine power, now clung to him.
The girl's Sea of Consciousness had been badly damaged, and the invincible Golden Rune had finally revealed a tiny crack under Huo Yuhao's utterly unreasonable, frenzied attacks.
The crack was so tiny it was almost impossible to see, yet every onlooker outside the Sky Screen held their breath!
A mortal had truly managed to challenge a god! The god's health bar had appeared!
"Huo Yuhao, you've gone too far! You have no idea what you're violating..."
Within the Golden Rune, a sea-blue phantom appeared and disappeared, holding a golden projection of a Trident.
Though it was only a wisp of Divine Sense, the suppression of its divine rank made every living being across the continent struggle to breathe, even through the Sky Screen.
Countless Titled Douluo and Level 9 Soul Engineers gazed up at that figure, their hearts tangled with indescribable shock and dread!
Yet Huo Yuhao's state at that moment was extremely bizarre.